They're also discussing with Nasa what the first real piece that they print should be.
To protect it, a print should be mounted as soon as possible.
Now suppose that some administrators ask whether double-sided printing should be made compulsory.
One reader who noticed was wary: "My view is that the readability of print should be paramount.
As with any other preowned commodity, antique prints should be carefully inspected for signs of wear and tear.
Because temperature changes in a damp climate can cause condensation and the print can develop fungi, prints should be kept from direct contact with the glass.
Their conversations overlapped, and they decided that one more print should be made, to correct a handful of flaws, before it went to MoMA.
"It was this charming and most effective woman who came in the door and convinced him these prints should be listed," Mr. Garver said.
This predilection for the "old" extended into all areas of domestic life: dried flowers were seen to have a more subtle charm than fresh, prints should be faded, rugs worn, wallpaper streaked by the sun.
"One of the things we learned from the Boston exhibition was that prints should be given equal time," she said, referring to "Rembrandt's Journey: Painter, Draftsman, Etcher" at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston last year.
